Over the last decade, large music festivals have risen to stark prominence in America and redefined the live musical performance marketplace. The most successful of festival curators (obvious examples being Golden Voice of Coachella or Another Planet Entertainment of Outside Lands) implicitly brand their respective events as the…

While signifying tanning sessions and beach outings in most American locales, the month of August in San Francisco demarcates two happenings unique to the city. First, a perfectly sadistic climate that is cold enough to render T-shirts unsuitable as standalone outerwear, but warm enough to make coat-wearers sweat,…

In an attempt to accommodate all of the neon and spandex-wearing festivalgoers and their desires, the HARD Summer Music Festival is returning to Fairplex in Pomona, CA for 2015. Taking on its 8th year, the festival will take place August 1st and 2nd with headliners including The Weeknd…